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A small rod of bismuth is suspended freely between the poles of a strong magnet. It is found to arrange itself at right angles to the magnetic field. What is established by the observation?

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A diamagnetic material gets induced magnetization in a direction opposite to the field. It aligns itself in the direction of weakest field.

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